Synopsis
Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
Movie Information
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Writers
- Kaneto Shindō
- Release Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 93 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 (1 votes)
Top Cast
Nobuko Otowa
Kakuko Mori
Chikako Hosokawa
Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother
Eijirō Tōno
Shinsuke Ashida
Koreya Senda
Eitarō Ozawa
Kō Mihashi
Ichirō Shimizu
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